Search Results: Evolution from Mike Park Ltd

Princeton University Press, 1974. Small octavo, pp x, 307, paperback, a very good copy. [From the library of Sir John Burnett, with his signature on the front endpaper. A distinguished academic career and a lifelong interest in fungi, botany and nature conservation made him the ideal champion for biological recording in the UK. He held that effective nature conservation could be achieved only if good quality information about species and their habitats was accessible to all who needed it - a belief that made him perfectly suited to run the National Biodiversity Network, founded in 2000. He was convinced that academics with high administrative posts must continue with some personal research, in his case on the myxomycetes.]]. Paperback. Very Good.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993. Small quarto, pp xviii, 166, illustrated with a few photographs maps and charts, extremely clean internally, blue cloth in very good condition, with the original cellophane dustwrapper. [The origins of the present-day faunas and floras of Africa and South America have been a fascinating puzzle for hundreds of years, and have provided a remarkable example of the catalytic effect of one scientific discipline upon another. It is now the turn of the biologists to explain how the present faunas and floras have arisen, and this volume brings together the latest information and theories about the interrelations between plate tectonics, palaeontology, and the present distribution of plants and animals.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1961. Octavo, not illustrated, pp 236, green cloth, an exceptionally clean copy in a price-clipped dustwrapper which is slightly rubbed and marked.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. A few charts in the text, large octavo, pp xx, 528, very clean internally, a faint ripple to the margin of the first few pages, black cloth and boards in excellent condition, the dustwrapper is equally good. [How will patterns of human interaction with the earth's eco-system impact on biodiversity loss over the long term--not in the next ten or even fifty years, but on the vast temporal scale be dealt with by earth scientists? This volume brings together data from population biology, community ecology, comparative biology, and paleontology to answer this question.]. First British edition. Cloth-backed boards. Very Good/Very Good.

Geneve: Conservatoire Botaniques de la Ville de Geneve, 1949. Thick octavo, pp xii, 561, very clean internally, paperback, the covers age-toned and with the slightest signs of wear. Reprinted from Boissiera Volume 8. [From the library of the botanist and conservationist Gren Lucas, with his tiny initials on the upper cover.]. Paperback. Very Good.

London: Longmans Scientific and Technical, 1986. First edition. A few illustrations, large octavo, pp xiv, 332, the fore-edge slightly marked, otherwise very clean internally, black cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper shows only very slight signs of use.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

St Paul's Churchyard, London: J. Johnson, 1791. Two volumes bound in one. {Volume 1 - Second edition, 1791. Volume 2 - Third edition, 1791. Blanche Henrey 470 ?}. Illustrated with two engraved allegorical frontispieces, 18 engraved plates (one of them folding and two hand-coloured), quarto, pp xii, 214, 126, (ii(; x, 197, both frontispieces and title pages browned and with some offsetting from plate to title, the plates of the Portland Vase and the Fertilisation of Egypt similar, (this last plate by Blake after Fuseli); the remaining botanical plates clean, lacking the corner of page 171/2, a releveant pencilled note at the base of one page, a few pages with foxing but otherwise very clean and sound internally, with the armorial bookplate of the Dowdeswell family, Pull Court Worcestershire on the front endpaper together with a shelf label and a small newspaper clipping; the hand-colouring on the two plates is particularly attractive, and there is also an extra engraved plate fixed to the verso of… Read More

London: Mercury Books, 1962. A few illustrations, octavo, pp xvi, 376, a little bit used throughout, corners very slightly bruised, paperback, the covers age-toned and creased. [Essays by Gavin de Beer, Dobzhansky, Heslop-Harrison, C.M. Younge and others.]. Paperback. Fair.

London: Pilot Press Ltd, 1945. A few illustrations, octavo, pp (4), 279, a folding map at the rear, the fore-edge slightly rough, otherwise clean internally, blue cloth a little blotched, in a very poor dustwrapper.. First Edition thus. Cloth. Good/Poor.

John Murray Not dated, but verso of title page states "Bobbs-Merrill Company, Copyright 1927". Illustrated, octavo, pp (10), 472, exceptionally clean internally, blue cloth, corners very slightly bumped, the spine a little age-toned, otherwise very good. [From the library of the Cambridge botanist David Coombe, with an inscription from his grandfather dated 1943.]. First British edition. Cloth. Very Good.

London: Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd, 1963. Small 8vo, illustrated, pp xii, 290, fore-edge very slightly marked, otherwise clean internally, green cloth very slightly worn, in a slightly worn and creased dustwrapper which is lacking a piece on both the upper and lower cover, but which is now nicely protected in a removable plastic cover. [From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter, with his stamp on the front endpaper].. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Fair.

London: Heinemann, 1981. Illustrated, large 8vo, pp 536, original cloth-backed boards in very good condition, a very good copy in a rather worn and frayed dustwrapper. . First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. Very Good/Rather worn and frayed.

London: Academic Press, 1978. Octavo, pp xii, 274, a remarkably good clean copy, but without a dustwrapper. [From the library of Dr Peter Moore.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.

Cambridge University Press, 1983. Illustrated, quarto, pp viii, 290, a small letter stamped on the title page, otherwise very clean internally, pictorial boards rubbed and a little worn. Still a good sound copy. [The book traces the ways in which terrestrial animals have evolved from aquatic ancestors and discusses the means by which they are adapted to life on land. The most important physiological adaptations are those involving salt and water balance, the excretion of nitrogen, reproductive mechanisms and the sense organ and these are given priority. Evidence from fossil history is combined with that from the ecology and physiology of present-day species to assess the probable routes along which various evolutionary lines had moved on to land. Individual chapters are concerned with specific animal groups and emphasis is placed on comparisons of physiological mechanisms between closely related animals before attempting wider generalisations. The book closes with a brief account of the… Read More

Cambridge University Press, 1981. Octavo, pp viii, 327, fore-edge slightly foxed, very slightly used internally, paperback, covers slightly faded. [From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter, with his stamp on the front endpaper.]. First Edition. Paperback. Good.

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946. Second impression. Slim octavo, pp 202, (i), very clean internally, green cloth in very good condition, in a rather worn and wrinkled dustwrapper which is obviously of wartime economy production. [This copy belonged to the nature writer "Ceres" {= Alison Ross = Alison Esplan}, with her pencilled notes on the dustwrapper and various neat pencil marks in the margins. It also contains three interesting letters from the author {these have been cut in two to facilitate fitting in the book}, and three little pamphlets regarding The Evolution Protest Movement including one by Acworth on Darwin and Natural Selection. Acworth was the prime mover in the Movement.]. Cloth. Very Good/Rather worn and frayed.

Dordrecht, Boston & London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1994. Small quarto, pp 440, laminated boards, corners very slightly bumped otherwise a good copy. (Contemporary Issues in Genetics and Evolution Volume 2)..

London: Taylor & Francis, 2002. Large thick 8vo, a few illustrations, pp xvi, 542,fore-edge slightly marked, paperback, very slight signs of wear to the covers, but overall a very good copy. {A heavy book - extra postage may be needed}. [A benchmark text, Developmental Genetics and Plant Evolution integrates the recent revolution in the molecular-developmental genetics of plants with mainstream evolutionary thought. It reflects the increasing cooperation between strongly genomics-influenced researchers, with their strong grasp of technology, and evolutionary morphogenetists and systematists who are more deeply rooted in comparative biology and patterns of plant evolution. The book discusses our increasing understanding of gene function and expression, along with modern phylogenies. It integrates morphological and molecular data to highlight specific key transitions in plant evolution that warrant additional intensive study. Furthermore, it explores increasing knowledge of the physical expression… Read More

Cambridge University Press, 1984. Octavo, pp (4), 298, slightly thumbed, lower corner slightly bumped, paperback, covers very slightly creased. [From the collection of the botanist Frank White, with his signature on the title page.]. Paperback. Good.

Cambridge University Press, 1996. Reprinted with corrections. Illustrated with line drawings and black and white photographs, octavo, pp xiv, 511, paperback, a very clean copy throughout. [The study of flowers provides a unique insight into the biology and evolution of flowering plants as a whole. The comparative study of flowers began in temperate regions and as a consequence most books on flowers are concerned with temperate plants. In contrast, this volume concentrates on tropical flowers which, whilst sharing many of the features seen in temperate flowers, exhibit phenomena which are purely tropical. The first part of the volume deals with general structural and biological features of flowers and shows facets of their diversity. The second part focuses on the flowers of selected tropical plants and emphasizes their structural and biological idiosyncrasies and evolutionary features. New trends in the study of floral evolution and the role of flowers in the study of flowering plant phylogeny are… Read More